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Thiamandi bursts Lord Of The Sky bubble

Saturday 26 July 2014, 4:17pm

Punters thought a three-year-old would win the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes but it was left to Adelaide filly Thiamandi to provide an upset result.  Read more »

Moody aims for stakes win with Sino Eagle

Saturday 26 July 2014, 4:12pm

Sino Eagle has returned with a convincing first-up win at Caulfield and trainer Peter Moody hopes the mare can add a stakes win in the new season.  Read more »

Baron Archer remains unbeaten at Caulfield

Saturday 26 July 2014, 2:49pm

Promising three-year-old Baron Archer has remained unbeaten with a determined win in his biggest test yet at Caulfield.  Read more »

In-form Snowdens land race-to-race double

Saturday 26 July 2014, 2:01pm

The father-and-son training partnership of Peter and Paul Snowden has kicked off the Randwick meeting with a winning double with two-year-olds.  Read more »

Affirmation earns a shot at Sydney riches

Saturday 26 July 2014, 1:56pm

Affirmation will head to Sydney for the Up And Coming Stakes after an effortless win at Caulfield.  Read more »

Allen reaches riding milestone at Doomben

Saturday 26 July 2014, 1:29pm

Promising jockey Anthony Allen has ended his apprenticeship on a bright note, outriding his metropolitan allowance.  Read more »

Carlton House in 1200m Randwick hit-out

Saturday 26 July 2014, 1:04pm

Carlton House, trained by Gai Waterhouse for the Queen, has had an exhibition gallop at Randwick as part of his Cox Plate preparation.  Read more »

Payne out to add to jumps season success

Saturday 26 July 2014, 12:03pm

Patrick Payne has genuine chances in the Grand National Steeplechase and JJ Houlahan Hurdle as he looks to add to his jumps racing feature wins.  Read more »

Estimate entered in Goodwood Cup

Saturday 26 July 2014, 9:45am

Estimate, owned by the Queen, is among 15 entries for the Goodwood Gold Cup following the controversy over her positive test to morphine.  Read more »

Leon and Troy Corstens to form partnership

Friday 25 July 2014, 6:22pm

Leon Corstens and his son Troy will form a training partnership from the start of the 2014/15 racing season.  Read more »

Popular 'chaser See More Business dies

Friday 25 July 2014, 5:36pm

Trainer Paul Nicholls has paid tribute to popular British steeplechaser See More Business who has died of old age.  Read more »

Monticule primed to make Randwick debut

Friday 25 July 2014, 5:34pm

Trainer Gerald Ryan has no concerns about debutant Monticule handling the 1550 metres at Randwick at the two-year-old's first start in a race.  Read more »

Pharrell going for big finish at Caulfield

Friday 25 July 2014, 5:26pm

Trainer Nick Harnett is confident a rise in distance can help Pharrell record his maiden Australian win at Caulfield.  Read more »

Baron Archer out to keep unbeaten record

Friday 25 July 2014, 5:06pm

Imposing gelding Baron Archer will be out to remain unbeaten when he faces his toughest challenge yet in an end-of-season three-year-old race at Caulfield.  Read more »

Paul Messara set to manage Arrowfield Stud

Friday 25 July 2014, 4:32pm

Trainer Paul Messara will cut back his stable to take up a position as stud master at his family's Arrowfield property.  Read more »

Mallyon out to charge into top-five list

Friday 25 July 2014, 4:26pm

Katelyn Mallyon will try for force her way into the top echeclon of the Melbourne jockeys' premiership in the final weekend of the season.  Read more »

Ryan has three chances at valuable bonus

Friday 25 July 2014, 3:54pm

The Gerald Ryan stable will launch a three-pronged attack on a valuable-sales related bonus at Randwick.  Read more »

Moor to keep Lord in sight in Bletchingly

Friday 25 July 2014, 3:03pm

Jockey Daniel Moor knows Le Bonsir faces a difficult but not impossible task when he takes on Lord Of The Sky in the Bletchingly Stakes.  Read more »

BlueBlood’s City Hopefuls

Friday 25 July 2014, 2:53pm

BlueBlood’s Black Revolver and Berlutti will both be racing in town tomorrow, be it all in two different states  Read more »

Payne not conceding GN Steeple to Bashboy

Friday 25 July 2014, 1:33pm

Patrick Payne knows odds-on favourite Bashboy is the benchmark horse in the Grand National Steeplechase but he is not conceding defeat with Sea King.  Read more »

Qld title on line for Gollan, Heathcote

Friday 25 July 2014, 1:11pm

The Brisbane jockeys' premiership is going down to the wire and the Queensland trainers' title is just as close.  Read more »

Wolfgram out to make mark in metro racing

Friday 25 July 2014, 1:08pm

Travis Wolfgram is a major beneficiary of Luke Tarrant's end-of-season holiday with the young rider picking up a strong book of Doomben mounts.  Read more »

Guy after double with Noisy Ocean, Regular

Friday 25 July 2014, 12:52pm

Noisy Ocean and Regular will be fancied to give Gold Coast trainer Bryan Guy a Doomben double.  Read more »

Dalakhani’s First Aussie Bred Foal

Friday 25 July 2014, 11:21am

Sire of seven Group One winners from progeny served at the Aga Khan Studs in Ireland, Monday morning saw the birth of the first Australian bred foal by Dalakhani as a result his first season at Cornerstone Stud in South Australia last spring.  Read more »

BHA confirms seventh morphine case

Friday 25 July 2014, 9:24am

A seventh horse has returned a positive result to morphine in Britain with the likely cause believed to be contaminated feed.  Read more »

Eagle Top not certain King George starter

Friday 25 July 2014, 9:06am

Trainer John Gosden will monitor the track before deciding whether three-year-old Eagle Top runs in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.  Read more »

Bashboy and Sea King headline GN Steeple

Thursday 24 July 2014, 5:47pm

Two-time winner Bashboy and Grand National Hurdle winner Sea King head a small field of five for the Grand National Steeplechase at Sandown.  Read more »

Wet track not ideal for Jusufovic pair

Thursday 24 July 2014, 5:22pm

A wet track has thwarted plans to run Just Too Hard in Adelaide and now threatens to derail her chances at Caulfield.  Read more »

Carlton House to gallop at Randwick

Thursday 24 July 2014, 4:40pm

Four horses expected to feature during the spring carnival will step out in exhibition gallops at Randwick.  Read more »

McDonald to resume title quest at Randwick

Thursday 24 July 2014, 4:12pm

Two horses with one city victory between them in 18 months shape as James McDonald's best chances of wresting the jockeys' premiership from Nash Rawiller.  Read more »

Manhattan Rain's first crop yet to disappoint

Thursday 24 July 2014, 3:45pm

The young sires two year olds prove to be exciting as we lead into the eagerly anticipated Spring Carnival  Read more »

Gig drops in distance for Bletchingly tilt

Thursday 24 July 2014, 3:28pm

Five-year-old Gig faces a task dropping back in distance in the Bletchingly Stakes but trainer Shawn Mathrick is not discounting the mare's chances.  Read more »

Caulfield next step for Yesterday's Songs

Thursday 24 July 2014, 2:00pm

Mike Moroney has a good opinion of lightly raced Yesterday's Songs and is hoping the gelding can increase his rating with a late-season win at Caulfield.  Read more »

Winks in Caulfield Cup audition for Waller

Thursday 24 July 2014, 1:53pm

James Winks is in audition mode with leading trainer Chris Waller as he tries to secure a competitive spring Cups ride.  Read more »

An Inkling of hope remains for Golden Rose

Thursday 24 July 2014, 1:00pm

Timing rather than talent could be the conundrum facing Inkling as connections grapple with the possibility of a Golden Rose bid.  Read more »

Gollan keeps Hi Son expectations in check

Thursday 24 July 2014, 11:42am

Promising Hi Son will have his first start for Tony Gollan but a gap between runs has the trainer wary of his Doomben chances.  Read more »

Work ethic pays off for Kiwi apprentice

Thursday 24 July 2014, 11:22am

Robert Heathcote's decision to reward New Zealand apprentice Bridget Grylls for her hard work is set to pay off twice in as many city meetings.  Read more »

Brown Panther to defend Goodwood Cup

Thursday 24 July 2014, 9:19am

Brown Panther will miss the Ascot meeting in favour of a defence of the Goodwood Cup ahead of a return to Australia for the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Another trainer caught up in morphine case

Thursday 24 July 2014, 2:29am

Eve Johnston Houghton has revealed one of her horses has tested positive to morphine in a case which also involves Estimate owned by The Queen.  Read more »

Raider's little brother in line for debut

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 5:39pm

His half-brother Rebel Raider won two Derbys, an achievement that will ensure Lucques will be in the spotlight when he steps out for his first start.  Read more »

McDonald admits title hopes in the balance

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 5:31pm

A winless afternoon at Canterbury has left James McDonald needing two wins in two meetings to claim his first Sydney jockeys' premiership.  Read more »

Robbie Laing figures in Caulfield double

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 5:29pm

Trainer Robbie Laing had two runners at the Caulfield midweek meeting and walked away with a double after wins to Rowland and Just For Starters.  Read more »

Clipperton outrides claim at Canterbury

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 5:13pm

Sam Clipperton will finish the season as Sydney's champion junior rider and he will do it without a claim after outriding his allowance at Canterbury.  Read more »

Saintly delivers win for newlywed Cummings

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 5:06pm

Newlywed James Cummings was back in town at Canterbury and back in the winner's stall after his recent European wedding.  Read more »

Bashboy gets 74.5kg for GN Steeplechase

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 3:40pm

Ciaron Maher can't fault Bashboy ahead of his shot at a historic third Grand National Steeplechase but admits he faces a task with 74.5kg.  Read more »

Callow the key to Self's hopes with 60kg

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 3:28pm

Co-trainer David Feek says the engagement of Noel Callow has hastened the improvement of handy stayer Self Sense ahead of his latest Caulfield test.  Read more »

Payne pair to continue successful season

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 3:07pm

David Payne will rely on two bread-and-butter performers at the penultimate race meeting of the season at Randwick.  Read more »

Queen's Gold Cup winner fails drug test

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 2:59pm

One of the Queen's prize champion race horses has tested positive for morphine, a banned substance.  Read more »

Lord set to outdo sire in G3 Bletchingly

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 2:05pm

Lord Of The Sky's sire failed in his attempt to win the Bletchingly but trainer Robbie Laing has the colt primed for his second Group Three victory.  Read more »

Apprentice continues hot streak at Doomben

Wednesday 23 July 2014, 1:54pm

Janette Johnson's dedication to riding continues to pay off with the apprentice winning on Buon Auspicio at Doomben.  Read more »